Ronan Glynn

Tributes were paid to Dr Ronan Glynn by Taoiseach Micheál Martin and Tánaiste Leo Varadkar.

The loss of knowledge and expertise, both medics had built up leading the State’s pandemic response, is clearly a huge loss to the public service. The Department of Health is chiefly to blame for Dr. Tony Holohan’s proposed secondment to Trinity College being abandoned. “Given the exodus of high level staff from the Department of Health and the health service, questions must now be asked of the minister leading that department,” Shortall said. “Questions must now be asked of the Health Minister about the departure of the two most senior people tasked with leading the public health response to Covid-19,” she said. “I thank him for taking up the role of Acting Chief Medical Officer, as well as his contribution to the National Public Health Emergency Team. “I worked very well with Ronan throughout the pandemic, and his unstinting, dedicated and tireless work in fighting Covid-19 was so important to the health and wellbeing of the nation,” he said in a statement.

Deputy chief medical officer Ronan Glynn has resigned from his position, the Department of Health has confirmed.

Dr Glynn's departure is the latest in a string of departures of senior figures involved in the State's response to the Covid-19 pandemic, including HSE chief operations officer Anne O'Connor who has taken up a position as VHI Health and Wellbeing managing director, a subsidiary of the insurer. There was speculation last month that Dr Glynn would follow chief medical officer Tony Holohan, who is leaving the civil service on July 1, in quitting the Department of Health following two years at the centre of the State's response to Covid-19. Deputy chief medical officer Ronan Glynn has resigned from his position, the Department of Health has confirmed.

Dr Glynn became one of the most familiar figures on the airwaves during the coronavirus pandemic.

Taoiseach Micheál Martin wished Dr Glynn "all the best" as he prepares to step down. The exit of Dr Holohan from the chief medical officer role was overshadowed by the controversy over his planned secondment to a professor role in Trinity College Dublin. "I thank him for taking up the role of acting chief medical officer, as well as his contribution to the National Public Health Emergency.

Dr Glynn, who led the country through the Covid-19 pandemic, will be taking up a new position in the private sector.

He follows in the footsteps of outgoing Chief Medical Officer Dr Tony Holohan, who has also stepped down from his role in the Department of Health. He has also been a member of the Royal College of Surgeons since 2012 and was in his role as the Deputy Medical Officer since 2018. Deputy Chief Medical Officer Dr Ronan Glynn will be stepping down from his role in the Department of Health.

Dr Glynn will leave his role on May 31 and it is understood he will take up a role with consultancy firm EY in its Health Advisory team. The Taoiseach has sent ...

He has been a member of the Royal College of Surgeons since 2012 and has been in his current role as Deputy Chief Medical Officer since 2018. "I thank him for taking up the role of Acting Chief Medical Officer, as well as his contribution to the National Public Health Emergency Team. Ronan personifies the very the best of Irish public service, and I wish him well in the future," he said. Dr Glynn will leave his role on May 31 and it is understood he will take up a role with consultancy firm EY in its Health Advisory team.